My Best Friend’s Girl (La femme de mon pote) 1983

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Alternate Titles: La Femme de mon Pote

two best friends (Pascal works all day, Mickey is a DJ at night) fall for the same girl, Viviane, and the setting – the action takes place at a ski resort (the play of warm sunshine despite the cold snow, the interplay of skiers ascending the mountain via tow ropes right in front of Pascal’s house, etc.) Pascal is the cave man, an ex-jock whose interests include food, shelter (preferably sharing his bed with a warm woman), and nice clothes. Mickey is more evolved but is beset with self doubts and has trouble with his conscience. Viviane is a free spirit whose sexual experiences started at an early age. Sex is not a moral issue for her and it is something she is good at